Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/05/2006 10:18:49 AM:

>     Bernard> I don't think it is the PCI-e bus because it can handle
>     Bernard> much more than 20 Gb/s.
>
> This isn't true.  Mellanox cards have PCI-e x8 interfaces, which has a
> theoretical limit of 16 Gb/sec in each direction, and a practical
> limit that is even lower due to packetization and other overhead.

Right, (looking at future hardware specs) :=}

So the question is what speedup is expected from a 2 port Mellanox PCI-e adapter going from 1 to 2 ports.

>
>  - R.


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